Sheriff's Deputy Resigns After Selfie Goes Viral

Deputy John Luttrell resigned after sheriff's department completed its investigation

Knox County, Kentucky - A Knox County sheriff’s deputy resigned after he posted a picture on social media of himself posing with a “thumbs up” next to an unconscious woman in a car with the caption, “Another day at work.”

Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith was made aware of the picture Nov. 14 and began an internal investigation, Kentucky.com reported. Deputy John Luttrell resigned after the investigation, the news site stated.

"The Sheriff's office is committed to providing professional, transparent service to the people of Knox County, and will hold all of its employees to that standard,” Smith told the Mountain Advocate.

Police didn’t release any information on why the woman appeared to be unconscious or the nature of events that led Deputy Luttrell to the scene.

Social media reaction was mixed on the Facebook post made by Kentucky.com.

“Good news: you got more shares than other picture you’ve ever posted,” said a Jenny Schnurr on the Kentucky.com Facebook page. “Bad news: your boss saw it and you don’t come out looking great. Oops.”Wrote a Tom Wilson: “I don’t understand how he can get fired for that. He didn’t do anything wrong.”A Glenda Amon replied to Wilson’s post: “His job isn’t to post pics on social media. His job is to protect and serve.”

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Infidel

Nov 29, 2017

Dumb, but he should not have been terminated.

tday1973

Nov 24, 2017

don't think he should have been fired..reprimanded yep..fired no..they have a hard job and are attacked by everybody..his humor is a little skewed but at least his has a sense of humor no less..In his line of work he needs one.

amlee

Nov 23, 2017

"My baby didn't do nuffin"

kennyb

Nov 22, 2017

These idiots and there selfies and posting STUPUD on social media is juvenile. No, he should not be fired but kick his the ass hard for being stupid. Everybody thinks its is funny to post stupid shit on F/B....They need to grow up